In a stunning upset at the World Juniors, Germany secured their first win against Finland in 26 attempts with a score of 4-3. The game was tied 1-1 after the first period and stood at 4-3 after two periods. German goaltender Philipp Dietl made 40 saves, including 17 in the third period, and stopped 33 consecutive shots after Finland's third goal. Finland, despite having a skill advantage and outshooting Germany 13-6 in the second period, failed to capitalize on a power play opportunity and remained behind. Following this victory, Germany was defeated by Sweden 5-0, led by Otto Stenberg's hat trick. Germany's prospects of advancing from the group stage hinge on their next game against Latvia, which is scheduled for Saturday at 1:30pm eastern.
#stlblues Swedes today -- Otto Stenberg: hat trick, plus-3, five shots, 13:58 ice time. Theo Lindstein: one assist, plus-3, 18:16 ice time. Lindstein had two assists in Sweden's opener. Not bad so far for a kid that didn't initially make the opening roster.
Otto Stenberg hat trick led the way for Sweden in their 5-0 win over Germany. Germans still hold a chance to make it out of the group stage. They just need to finish 4th to move onto the Quarter-Final. Next game is Saturday at 1:30pm eastern versus Latvia 🇱🇻 #WorldJuniors https://t.co/vG3grU2zMA
The HATTY for hometown @frolunda_hc boy Otto Stenberg!🇸🇪🎩 @trekronorse #WorldJuniors #GERSWE https://t.co/qsM5LrIMEc
Bittner with a great save to keep Germany to within one. Right now he’s the best player of the game for the Germans. #WorldJuniors 1-0 SWE | 15:46 2nd
Germany upsets Finland at the World Juniors. It's the first win by the Germans against Finland at the World Junior Championship in 26 tries (1-0-0-25). Philipp Dietl made 40 saves for Germany, including 33 straight after allowing Finland's 3rd goal. He made 17 saves in the third.
Getting close to butt-clenchin' time on Finland's bench. Failed to score on the power play and it's still 4-3 Germany with 10:27 to go.
1-1 after one. Now it’s 4-3 Germany 🇩🇪 after two. What a first 40 minutes from the Germans! #WorldJuniors https://t.co/Z7ICQB8UkH
Team #Germany ties the game vs #Finland with a coaching favorite! Mid Dot Drive Entry!! -Great Spot to Space to speed -Forward Driving Inside of D2 -Dot Lane Lane Forward Driving the Net to buy space for middle driver to get shot off! #WorldJuniors Drawn with FastDraw by… https://t.co/pL1DqIZbNu https://t.co/pE03ZjsKLG
Germany has put Finland on Upset Alert, up 4-3 after 2 at the #WorldJuniors. Finland clearly has the skill advantage and carried play that period. but Germany's counter-attack has been effective enough to put them in front.
Uh... Germany is up 4-3 in Finland after scoring two quick ones in the second period. Shots are 13-6 Finland in this period. Hockey. What a sport.